Lion Feuchtwanger

Lion Feuchtwanger

1884-07-07
74 (1958-12-21)
Munich, Germany

German-Jewish novelist and playwright.

Munich, Germany

German-Jewish novelist and playwright.

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Süss, the Jew 1940 (4.311)

Nazi historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.
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Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment 1971 (5.4)

As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King and Church, yet he is also a Spaniard who dearly loves his people. This contradiction presents him with a dilemma.
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Jew Süss 1934 (5)

A historical satire critical of the rising tide of Anti-Semitism in Germany. Based on the novel by Lionel Feuchtwanger, Jew Süss is the story of life in the 18th century Jewish ghetto of Württemberg. Süss (Veidt) works himself out of the ghetto and into a position of power with the help of an evil Duke.